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Every car I've owned have had this, and I have been very happy by this safety feature.
I belive RDS is also used in the US, but don't know if it is commonly used. Here in europe it is commonly - even in a cheap cars.

anyone know anything about RDS is available now or in the future for the model S ?

In the US at least the Traffic is displayed graphically on the NAV display. It is better than RDS IMO.

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Yes, but... the traffic is from Google (which is good), but it relies on you having 3G access. RDS simply comes across an FM signal, so it would be available even if you chose not to pay for 3G access.

Every car I've owned have had this, and I have been very happy by this safety feature.
I belive RDS is also used in the US, but don't know if it is commonly used. Here in europe it is commonly - even in a cheap cars.

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We had that in the Toronto market quite a few years ago, but not any longer (we still have the song title display part of RDS). It would even stop a cassette (yep, that long ago) to play the traffic message as it came through.

All I can remember is seeing an annoying <TRAF> symbol appear. The car's documentation said nothing about it, and I never had anything special play through my speakers. Guess we didn't have any traffic problems, or it just never worked.

I'll have to check that out! Not sure it's available in Canada. Thanks!

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Yep, it is. I've saved a few stations that I sometimes like to listen to in TuneIn. It's great because you don't have to worry about driving out of the signal reception area. Another thing I discovered about TuneIn is that they have a lot of podcasts available for streaming. I used to load up my iPhone with podcasts and play over Bluetooth, but now I've just saved the ones I listen to as TuneIn favorites as well. The best way to manage TuneIn is to go on through their web interface, sign up for a free account and set up your lists. Then, in the Model S, go to the Apps options page and enter your login credentials. When you go back to TuneIn in the Media interface, your favorites and lists will show up right there.

Yep, it is. I've saved a few stations that I sometimes like to listen to in TuneIn. It's great because you don't have to worry about driving out of the signal reception area. Another thing I discovered about TuneIn is that they have a lot of podcasts available for streaming. I used to load up my iPhone with podcasts and play over Bluetooth, but now I've just saved the ones I listen to as TuneIn favorites as well. The best way to manage TuneIn is to go on through their web interface, sign up for a free account and set up your lists. Then, in the Model S, go to the Apps options page and enter your login credentials. When you go back to TuneIn in the Media interface, your favorites and lists will show up right there.

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Wow, I'm blown away again by this car...

That is awesome! The quality is probably better than the FM reception too!

Thanks for the suggestion and instructions guys, I'll check it out as soon as I'm in there. I've already created my account and my favorites.

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